Commonwealth v. Link
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 118, April T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Beaver Co., Dec. Bess., No. 14j on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth. v. Ed. Link. Indictment for pandering. Before Baldwin, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and the charge of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
Thirty-eight assignments of error are presented for our consideration, no authorities are cited in support of any one of them, and many are in direct violation of our rules. The argument of appellant might be persuasive before a jury but is without merit in an appellate court. The charge of the court was a full and fair statement of the evidence and the law applicable thereto, which taken in its entirety could not be considered misleading by any juryman. The selection of detached sentences unrelated to other parts of the charge is not proper, as has been frequently…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. D'AngeloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Commonwealth v. WarnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900